那样
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)
那样 (nàyàng) · like that
那样 (nàyàng) means “like that; that kind”. It is written with 2 characters: 那 (that) + 样 (form). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 那样 is built
The characters
那 nà · that
What 那 is made of
- 阝fù / yì (names) — mound/city side-form
- 丨 — vertical stroke
样 yàng · form
What 样 is made of
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 十 — ten
- 羊yáng — sheep
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 丶 — dot
- 丷ha — kwukyel
Origin hint: 木 gives the meaning, 羊 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我也想要那样的包。Wǒ yě xiǎng yào nàyàng de bāo.I want a bag like that too.
你别那样说。Nǐ bié nàyàng shuō.Don't talk like that.
Questions about 那样
What does 那样 mean?
那样 (nàyàng) means “like that; that kind”.
How do you pronounce 那样?
那样 is pronounced nàyàng.
Which HSK level is 那样?
那样 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021).
Related words
- 那边nàbianover there
- 那里nàlithere
- 那儿nàrthere
- 那些nàxiēthose
- 那会儿nàhuìrat that time
- 那么nàmeso
- 那时候nà shíhouat that time
- 刹那chànàinstant
- 那个nàgethat
- 那nàthat
Learn 那样 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 1: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.